Chapter 71: The thunderstorm

Chapter 71: The thunderstorm
Marcus POV


I and the guys were sitting alone with Damon, Wyatt, Zen, and Damien in the study as the girls went out together with Edmond to find in the old library the ancient book in which it says how and where to find the White Moon's warriors and the mountain, as we will need to know how to get inside it.
"So…" Damon said, looking at me as we all were sitting on two leather couches, drinking his father's whiskey, and discussing what we all have just found out.
I looked over at him, arching my eyebrow in question as I asked him, “What?”
I have kind of knew what they were all thinking and wanting to ask, but that was none of their business to know, as it was between Olivia and me only.
Yes I won’t lie and say that for the longest of time since Olivia and I have started our secret relationship, I was thinking and wanting for so long to claim her as mine, but before everything that has recently happened I couldn’t, well not then, but now is a different story and I couldn’t shake off the need that Shadow and I both wanted, but he and I agreed that it will happen when the time is right and if she and Aurora were both ready to accept us.
Hell, I won’t say that I wasn’t scared as fuck that she might reject me but that was before, now I have intended to ask her permission and hopefully, soon enough she will be fully mine and mine only as I will and am hers.
I didn't need Edmond nor anyone else to tell me to claim her and mark her. Moon Goddess knows how much that has been up going in my mind for the longest of time.
"So when will you do it?" Damon wiggled his eyebrows as others smirked at that making me roll my eyes at them all.
"Damon, that is for them only to decide, son," Damien said to Damon but I could see he was trying to hide his smile behind the glass.
“Oh come on! Don’t pretend none of you don’t want to know the same answer as I just asked.” Damon pointed it out to others.
I shook my head, feeling the eyes of everyone in this room looking at me.
“What do you expect me to do? Force a mark on her?” I asked them frustrated.
Logan and Tanner both choked on their drinks as they started to cough, making Wyatt and Damien pat their backs as in to help them.
Damon raised his eyebrows, looking at me for a moment shocked, as in the next second he narrowed his eyes, piercing me with his glare while Zen and James crossed their arms shaking their heads.
"If you dare to force her to do anything she doesn't like, rest assure my threat that I gave you a while ago now will happen and you will not like it one bit," Damon said to me.
“O shut up Damon. I am not that fucking stupid to do such a thing, and I am not saying that because I am scared of what you plan to do to me, but because I love her and I will never hurt her in any way nor will I force her to do something she doesn’t want! Asshole!” I told him, making him smirk at me.
“You can admit you are a little bit scared.” Damon teased making me snort at him.
"Well, at least we know that you want it," Zen said.
“Of course I want to mark her. What is up with you all and nagging me about such questions?” Feeling slightly irritated I asked them all.
Damien was the one that spoke before anyone else could, “No one is trying to force you to do that Marcus, but just asking to see are you considering to do that sometime in the future.”
Exhaling, I turned my eyes towards Damien and said, “She is my life, my heart, my soul. I am nothing nor dead nor am I alive without her. My whole existence belongs to her, so yes I wanted to claim and mark her for long as I can remember but my needs nor wishes do not matter as I’ll wait for that moment when she decides the time is right.”
Damien nodded his head taking a big sip of his drink and he started to talk, making us all hear the sadness in his voice, “I will never forget the first time I meet Damon’s mother.” Chuckling he said as we all silently waited for the older man to speak.
“The first time my eyes landed on her it felt as I was under the spell. She was the most beautiful female I have ever landed my eyes on.” His eyes were closed, while the distant memories flowed through his mind.
"But damn was she feisty and stubborn, she didn't make it easy for me to win her over. I was like Damon at that time, a free spirit, young and strong, hell-bent to have things my way." We all laughed when he said that making only Damon snort but still he chuckled.
“The first time I kissed her she slapped me, and let me tell you something, that woman was strong as hell. To say that I was surprised and intrigued even more by her….hell…the first time I marked her…” Damien opened his eyes and looked over at me, “I have never felt more complete in my whole life as I did at that moment. All the troubles, the case after her, all of it was so damn worth it…she was worth it all. Never give up on your true one Marcus, as they are a true gift that we are given to us to love them and protect them and I know you understand what I am saying to you as I can see it in your eyes that you would do absolutely anything for her and that is what a true mate is.” Damien said to me.
I was glad to hear such praise from him, even though he wasn't my father, but it mattered to me for some reason.
He turned his eyes to Damon and said, "I just hope my son meets his chosen one soon as well, but Goddess knows how he is. Hopefully, she will put him in his place soon."
Everyone laughed at that even Damon who raised his glass to his father and drink up.
“How about we go get the girls and I take you all while we are here to the hot springs?” Damon said as he started to get up and we all followed.
“That is a great idea son. I will make sure the guest rooms are ready before you get back.” Damien said as he excused himself and left the room.
We all went to search for Olivia, Mandy. Lizzy and Annie as we knew they were in the library, soon as we found them with Edmond, the old dragon told them to go with us and we were all heading to the hot springs.
I held Olivia’s hand as we walked behind Damon and Zen, followed by others behind us, and couldn’t help but to admire the landscape of Damon’s pack lands.
Passing through the trees we came to a rocky area where was like a giant hot tub made of nature, built in the middle of the forest.
It was beautiful and peaceful, with birds singing around us combined with forest animals that were nearby us.
We separated and went behind the trees to change our clothes and soon enough everyone was in the hot water, enjoying it as it eased the tension from our tensed body.
We all splashed with water as we started to play like we were little kids, the all-time famous Marco Polo game. It was great to see how everyone forgot even for a little while about all the troubles that were coming our way.
I was in one corner, watching them all play and splash with water. I looked over at Logan who was holding close Lizzy to him, making her laugh out as he was tickling her.
Mandy and James were together on a mission trying to catch Wyatt and Zen, while Damon was splashing Annie who just raised her arms up in surrender making her swim closer to him.
What catches my eye was Tanner who was splashing with Olivia but stopped as he saw Damon and Annie happily talking, giving Olivia a wonderful opportunity to drown him under the water.
Tanner emerged fast up, “Ok, ok, you win. Marcus?” I couldn’t stop laughing as I swim closer to them, wrapping my arms around Olivia’s waist, bringing her closer to me, “Yes?”
“I just wanted you to come and keep Olivia company as I have to ask something Damon. I'll be right back," Tanner said as he swims away from us, going towards Damon and Annie.
Olivia turned in my arms towards me, wrapping her arms around my neck as I leaned down and kissed her gently on her lips.
"That was strange," Olivia said making me look at her in question.
“I kiss you this way all the time.” Feeling confused I told her to which she giggled and pecked my lips, “Not that silly, I meant Tanner. Look at them.” She said turning her head towards Damon, Annie, and Tanner.
I turned my head and smirked when I saw Tanner standing in the middle in between Damon and Annie.
"Who knows what is going on there," I said as I turned my head to watch at her as the feeling of desire and need with the need to mark her were rising up inside of me.
"Do you think they are mates?" she turned her head back, looking at me, making me swallow down the boiling desire that was rushing through my body and try to focus on the question she just asked me.
Looking back at Tanner and Annie, I tried to find any signs that would show me that the two might be. Not seeing any, I looked back at Olivia and said, “I don’t think so, but then again who knows?”
The sky got dark as the storm was coming towards us, so we all decided to go back to Damon's packhouse and try to avoid the storm.
We managed to get back just in time as it started to rain. Damien greeted us all and explained where our already prepared rooms were.
Going to our rooms we all separated as each one of us went to change and get ready for dinner.
Finally, as I got showered and dressed, I walked downstairs to the main dining room where everyone was waiting.
The dinner flew in a friendly and happy air of the environment despite the storm that was raging outside, as the night grew darker, soon everyone was saying their goodnights and left to their rooms.
I was walking Olivia to her room that was across from my own, as she turned around and wrapped her arms the moment we reached her door and pulled me down to kiss my lips.
I couldn't help to smirk at her eagerness, nor was I complaining. Wishing her good night, I forced myself to walk away and go to my room, undressing my clothes as I recklessly tossed them on the chair that I had in my room and jumped in my bed.
I couldn't sleep as the visions of Olivia were vividly dancing before my eyes. The feeling of her tender skin under my fingers, her lips pressed on mine, her breasts…groaning I grabbed a second pillow that was next to the one I was laying on and pressed it on my face.
“Shadow…fucking stop that!” I shouted in the link to my wolf, who growled at me, “I want to mark her now!” he growled out.
“We agreed we will wait for them both to be ready and we won’t be forcing them, so knock it off!” I told him back.
"Aurora is ready and wants me to mark her." He told me to make me groan some more as the images he kept sending through our link got more explicit.
“You fucking stop that or I am shutting down our link! Maybe Aurora is ready but we don’t know is Olivia to and until we find that out you will cut out with this!” I yelled at him as I cut down our link, in hopes it stays closed so I can try and get some rest.
The weather outside was in a full-on rage as thunder stroke so loudly that it woke me up from my sleep.
A moment later I heard a knock on my door and as I was about to get up and open it to see who is it in the middle of the night, the second thunder stroked close by making my door to open and before I knew it, Olivia crashed into me and yelped making me to instinctively wrap my arms around her.
I looked down at her in confusion, “Love?”
Her big green eyes looked up into mine as she was about to speak, another lightning stroke closely making her jump into my arms.
I picked her up and carried her to the bed, as she was like a little koala holding so tightly onto me, but soon as I was about to untangle myself from her embrace, she said, "No! Don't go!"
I looked back into her eyes, stroking her hair to soothe her, "I am just going to close the door. I will be back in a second."
She reluctantly nodded her head as she let me go, and as I came to the door and closed it, as another lighting sounded she rushed from the bed towards me but I was ready this time as I turned around at the right moment and opened my arms for her as she jumped into my arms, wrapping her legs around my waist.
"I will start to think you are doing this on purpose, love," I said teasing her as I walked us towards the bed.
She giggled into the skin of my neck, and the feel of her breath and her lips on my skin was making my blood start to boil again.
Placing her down in bed, I laid down next to her as she curled into my side, teasing me with her fingers that were playing all over my abs.
"You better stop that love or you will not get any sleep tonight." Gently making her hand to stop as I held it with my hand, she looked up at me as her head was on my shoulder, "Who said that I would have anything against that?"
I laughed when I hear her answer. Damn how much I love this girl!
Shadow broke through the barrier and said, “Ask her now!”
Deciding that he was right, I swallowed as I prepared myself for the question.
"Olivia…" I started making her silently look up at me.
“I have to ask you…for some time now, I want to complete our bond and….of fuck it…I want nothing else but for you to wear proudly my mark and for everyone to know you are mine but I will not force it on you so I am willing to wait as long as it is needed.” I said, looking her in the eyes.
Her hand raised as she cupped my cheek, making me lean into it, "I am ready Marcus."
Not believing I am hearing right, I looked at her, “What?”
"I want you to mark me, Marcus."